Sharing my adventures in the Colorado mountains in the summer, and beautiful Ft. Worth Texas in the winter.

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Stay Off of the Roads!

My husband and I pride ourselves in keeping abreast of the weather. One of our daughters, visiting from College several years ago, was a bit horrified that we actually knew the names of the commentators on The Weather Channel. I think she was thinking,"surely they don't call this entertainment "? My husband Tom is a bit more, shall we say, weather obsessed .

So, we were a bit shocked by the weather we encountered on our way south, to Austin, Texas on Friday morning. The forecast called for light rain and possible "scattered" thunder storms. Oh man! There was a torrential downpour the entire way! Tom kept saying we needed to turn back, but due to road construction, and exits being closed, we couldn't even get off of the freeway!

To make matters worse the vehicle keeping pace with us was, believe it or not, the THUNDER TRUCK!

Oh you don't know what that is you say. Well, it is a truck belonging to the NBC affiliate Channel five in Ft. Worth. A Ford F-250 pickup truck that is equipped with all kinds of special technology, making it possible to report, not only from the aftermath of a major storm, but live while driving through it!
Scary enough that it is headed the same way we are, but it is 120 miles from Ft.Worth. I am thinking that there is something very newsworthy ahead!

To make a long story short. It wasn't good driving weather. The trip that normally takes us three hours, took four and a half. More tomorrow on soggy Austin.

About Me

How could one persons life be so different from winter to summer? Well stick around and see. I live in a cosmopolitan city half of the year and then head to a tiny town in the mountains the other half.....a place full of interesting people, beautiful scenery, wild animals......and great adventures!